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Live discussion: what can housing providers learn from Octavia Hill?http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2012/aug/10/live-discussion-octavia-hill-social-housing-legacy
On the centenary of the death of social housing's great pioneer, our panel of experts consider how Octavia Hill's principles can be applied today. Join us from <strong>12pm on Monday 13 August</strong><p>This year marks the centenary of the death of Octavia Hill, the Victorian social reformer and pioneer of social housing.</p><p>In 1864, moved to action by the appalling state of housing for London's poor and with the financial backing of writer John Ruskin, Hill took the keys of handful of run-down properties in Marylebone Place known as &quot;Little Hell&quot;. A decade later Hill was providing homes for 3,000 tenants around the capital, achieving a 5% return for investors and plunging any extra profit back into the community.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2012/aug/10/live-discussion-octavia-hill-social-housing-legacy">Continue reading...</a>Housing NetworkTenantsPracticeLondonSocial housingCommunitiesHousingSocietyFri, 10 Aug 2012 15:02:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2012/aug/10/live-discussion-octavia-hill-social-housing-legacyEpics/Getty Images13 August 2012 is the 100th anniversary of Octavia Hill's death. Photograph: Epics/Getty ImagesEpics/Getty Images13 August 2012 is the 100th anniversary of Octavia Hill's death. Photograph: Epics/Getty ImagesLiam Kelly2012-08-10T15:02:00ZLive discussion: regeneration and the London 2012 Olympicshttp://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2012/jul/20/housing-regeneration-london-2012-olympics-live-discussion
Join our panel of experts <strong>from 12pm on Monday 23 July</strong> to discuss what makes a successful scheme project and what we can hope for from the Olympic legacy<p>More than 11,000 new homes will be built on the site of the Olympic Park in what London mayor Boris Johnson has described as <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/oct/07/olympic-park-london-affordable-housing?INTCMP=SRCH" title="">&quot;the most important regeneration project for the next 25 years&quot;</a>.</p><p>The 202-hectare (500-acre) site will be handed over to the London Legacy Development Corporation after the Games and work will begin work on the area's transformation. When it re-opens in 2013, 40% of the properties will be family homes with three or four bedrooms, and 35% will be reserved for affordable housing.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2012/jul/20/housing-regeneration-london-2012-olympics-live-discussion">Continue reading...</a>Public Leaders NetworkHousing NetworkPracticeLondonOlympic legacyHousingCommunitiesSocietySocial housingPlanningLocal governmentOlympicsFri, 20 Jul 2012 12:30:55 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2012/jul/20/housing-regeneration-london-2012-olympics-live-discussionOda/Getty ImagesThe Olympic site will be home to the "the most important regeneration project for the next 25 years”.
Photograph: Oda/Getty ImagesOda/Getty ImagesThe Olympic site will be home to the "the most important regeneration project for the next 25 years”.
Photograph: Oda/Getty ImagesLiam Kelly2012-07-20T12:30:55ZTop tips: London's housing challengehttp://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2011/sep/17/london-housing-challenge
The best advice from our latest live discussion about the issues facing London from what the term 'affordable' should mean in the capital to new development<p><strong>The official use of the term &quot;affordable&quot; is a con:</strong> We launched the Pro-Housing Alliance, a group campaigning for 500,000 new green and affordable homes per year over the next seven years. Many of them must be affordable – and really affordable, not &quot;affordable&quot; in terms of 80% of market price or rent.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2011/sep/17/london-housing-challenge">Continue reading...</a>Housing NetworkFinanceHousing benefitPracticeTenantsLondonSat, 17 Sep 2011 07:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2011/sep/17/london-housing-challengeGraham Turner/GuardianTop tips: London's housing crisis. Photograph: Graham Turner for the GuardianGraham Turner/GuardianTop tips: London's housing crisis. Photograph: Graham Turner for the GuardianJo Adetunji2011-09-17T07:30:00ZLive discussion: London's housing challengehttp://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2011/sep/09/live-discussion-london-housing-challenge
Join us live from <strong>12pm on Monday 12 September</strong> to discuss the housing problems the capital faces, including homelessness, overcrowding and supply<p>Much <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/housing-network/2011/aug/31/boris-johnson-london-plan-housing" title="">has been made</a> of the government's attempt to reform planning policy, provide new homes through the<a href="http://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/housingsupply/newhomesbonus/" title=""> new homes bonus</a> and ensure that those who need housing have access to it through the welfare reform bill. Yet concerns persist about a yawning gap between London and the rest of the country.</p><p>The capital has its own <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/housing-network/2011/sep/01/claims-london-plan-foster-segregation" title="">unique housing problems</a> which a single national policy would struggle to resolve: spiralling rents driven by an ever-growing demand for housing; large numbers of low income workers; high competition for jobs. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/housing-network/poll/2011/sep/05/poll-london-only-housing-policy" title="">In a recent poll</a> we asked if there should be one policy for London and another for the rest of the country. The response from housing network members was clear - 70% of you voted yes.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2011/sep/09/live-discussion-london-housing-challenge">Continue reading...</a>Housing NetworkLondonDevelopmentFinanceHousing benefitPracticeTenantsFri, 09 Sep 2011 13:21:44 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2011/sep/09/live-discussion-london-housing-challengeKatherine Rose/ObserverAre boats the answer to London's housing crisis? Photograph: Katherine Rose for the ObserverKatherine Rose/ObserverAre boats the answer to London's housing crisis? Photograph: Katherine Rose for the ObserverHannah Fearn2011-09-09T13:21:44Z